Sentences with phrase «vaccination against human papillomavirus»

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Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections cause virtually all cervical cancers, and the researchers stress the need for widespread HPV vaccination to protect women against the virus.

Although use of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which helps prevent against cervical and other cancers, has increased in the past 5 years, HPV vaccination remains low with only 37.6 % of adolescent girls and 13.9 % of adolescent boys receiving vaccination.

Expanding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs to include males in Canada will help protect them against HPV - related cancers, according to an analysis published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).